What's amazing to me isn't that/. has carried on this long, but rather that the comment quality on here hasn't gone the way of most social new sites. It seems that in general as a social news site ages, matures, and grows, the comment quality follows an inverse pattern. Or more simply, as the number of users approaches infinity, the comment quality approaches 4chan. Digg used to be a decent site for discussion; now you'd be laughed at for even suggesting that the comments might be notable. Reddit is quickl
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You mean the same moderating system that hasn't given me mod points in 4 or 5 years?
I don't know what's up with you, but I get mod points about 1-2 per week.
Hmm... Maybe this is a sign of Slashdot's quality, after all!
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1-2 per week? I tend to get 15 a week at minimum...
I always wondered how often others got mod points.
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I average about 10 posts a day.
Almost every other day I get 10 moderator posts.
Coincidence?